Death penalty and poverty: Facts and figures in 2017

On October 10th, 2017, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty and abolitionist organizations from all over the world will celebrate the 15th World Day Against the Death Penalty. This year, we are focusing upon the relationship between poverty and the death penalty.The World Coalition is addressing this issue as we are aware that people from disadvantaged economic backgrounds
are mostcommonly at risk of execution.